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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 1 Description Dedicated to fulf ill the demanding requirements of perform ance-conscious photographers, Transcend proudly releases its E xtreme 400 X CompactFlas h cards. W ith its am azi ng perform ance , the[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 2 Specificat ion * Note: 24-hours chamber test on ASUS S triker 2 Extreme, 1GB RAM, W indows ® XP Version 2002 SP3. Interface Specificati on Drivers No Device Driver Required ATA/ATAPI 7 PIO Mode 0 - 6 Multi[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 3 Note : 25 , according to IDE to CF card transferrin g board test on AS US P4S800-MX, 1GB RAM, IDE in terfac e support UDMA6, W indows ® XP Version 2002 SP2, CrystalDiskMark, copied file 100MB * Note: FAT32[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 4 Block Diagram[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 5[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 6 Pin A ssignments and Pin Ty pe PC Card Memo ry Mode PC Card I/O Mo de True IDE Mode 4 Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Ty pe Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Ou t Type Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Ou[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 7 PC Card Memo ry Mode PC Card I/O Mo de True IDE Mode 4 Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Type Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Type Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Type -HIOE 7 HSTROBE 8 34 -HIOE[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 8  Input Leakage Current Note: In Tab le 1 below, x refers to the characte ristics described in table 2. For example, I1U indicates a pull-up resistor with a type 1 input charac teristic. Table 1: I nput Le[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 9  Output Drive Characteristics Table 4: Output Dri v e Characteri stics Ty pe Parameter Symbol Conditions MIN TYP MA X Units 1 O utput Voltage Voh Vol Ioh = -4 mA Iol = 4 mA Vcc -0.8V Gnd +0.4V Volts 2 O u[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 10 Signal Descri ption Signal Name Dir. Pin Description A10 – A00 (PC Card M emory Mo de) A10 – A00 (PC Card I /O Mod e) A02 - A00 (True IDE Mode) I I 8,10,11, 12, 14,15,16,17, 18,19,20 18,19,20 These addr[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 11 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -CE1, -CE2 (PC Card M emory Mo de) Card Ena ble -CE1, -CE2 (PC Card I /O Mod e) Card Ena ble -CS0, -CS1 (True IDE Mode) I 7,32 These inpu t signals are use d both to s elect[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 12 Signal Nam e Dir. Pin Description -INPACK (PC Card M emory Mo de except Ult r a DM A Protocol A c ti ve) -INPACK (PC Card I /O Mod e except Ultra DM A Protocol A ctive) Input Ackn owledge -DMARQ (PC Card M [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 13 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -IOW R (PC Card M emory Mo de– Except Ult r a DM A Protocol A c ti ve) -IOW R (PC Card I /O Mod e – Except Ultra DM A Protocol A ctive) -IOW R (True IDE Mode – E xcept[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 14 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -REG (PC Card M emory Mo de– Except Ult r a DM A Protocol A c ti ve) Attribute Memory Select -REG (PC Card I /O Mod e – Except Ultra DM A Protocol A ctive) This signal i[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 15 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -VS1 -VS2 (PC Card M emory Mo de) -VS1 -VS2 (PC Card I /O Mod e) -VS1 -VS2 (True IDE Mode) O 33 40 Voltage Sense Signals. -VS1 is grounde d on the Card and sense d by the Ho[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 16 Electrical Spec ification The following tab les indicate all D.C. Char acteristics f or th e CompactFlash Storage Card. Unless othe rwise stated, cond it ions are : Vcc = 5V ± 10% Vcc = 3.3V ± 5%  A bs[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 17  Input Pow er  I nput Characteristics for UDMA mo de >4 In UDMA modes gre ater than 4, the follow ing characteris tics apply . Voltage output high and low values s hall be met at the source c onnec[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 18  Signal Interface Electrical specifications shall be maintained to ensure data reliabili t y . Additional requirements are necessa ry f or Advanced Timing Modes and Ultra DMA modes operations. See next s[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 19 state and 100 A high sta te, including pull -up resistor. The car d sha ll be able to drive at least the following load 10 while meeting all AC timi n g requirements: 50 pF at a DC c urrent of 400 A low sta[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 20  Ultra DMA Electrical R equirement s  Host and Card signal c ap acitance l imits for Ult ra DMA ope r ation The host interf ace s ignal capac itance a t the host connector shall be a max imum of 25 pF[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 21  Printed Cir cuit Board (PCB) Trace Requirements for Ultr a DMA On any PCB for a host or devi ce supporting Ultra DMA:  T he longest D[15:00] trace shall be no m ore than 0.5" longer t han either[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 22  Attribute Memory Read Timing S pecification Attr ibute Memory access time is def ined as 300 ns . Detailed t iming specs are shown in Table below Speed Version 300 ns Item Sy mbol IEEE Sy mbol Mi n ns. [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 23  Conf igurati on Re gister (Attrib ute Memory) Write Timing Specif ication The Card Conf iguratio n write access tim e is defined as 250 ns. Detail ed timing specif ications are shown in Table below. Tab[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 24  Commo n Memory Read Timing Specifi cation Cy cl e Time Mode: 250 ns 1 20 ns 100 ns 8 0 ns Item Sy mbol IEEE Sy mbol Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Output En able Access [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 25  Com mon Memo ry Wri te Timing S pecificati on Cy cl e Time Mode: 250 ns 120 ns 100 ns 80 ns Item Sy m bol IEEE Sy mbol Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Ma x ns. Data Setup b efore[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 26  I /O Inp ut (R ead) Timing Specifica tion Cy cle Time Mode: 250 ns 120 ns 100 ns 80 ns Item Symbol IEEE Sy mbo l Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Ma x ns. Data Delay after HIOE t[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 27  I/O Output (W ri te) Timing Spe cification Cy cl e Time Mode: 255 ns 120 ns 100 ns 80 ns Item Symbol IEEE Sy mbol Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Ma x ns. Data Setup b efore HIO[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 28  True I DE PI O Mod e Read/Wri te Timing Sp ecificatio n Mode Item 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note t0 Cy cle time (min) 600 383 240 180 120 100 80 1 t1 Address Valid to HIOE/HIOW setup (min) 70 50 30 30 25 15 10 t2 [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 29[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 30  True IDE Mult iwor d DMA Mod e Read/W rite Timing S pecificat ion Item M ode 0 (ns) Mode 1 (ns) Mode 2 (ns) Mode 3 (ns) Mode 4 (ns) Note t O Cycle time (min) 480 150 120 100 8 0 1 t D -HIOE / -HIO W as[...]

  • Page 31

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 31  True IDE Ultra DM A Mode Read /Write Timin g Specif ication Ultra DMA operations can take place in any of th e three bas i c interf ace modes: PC Card Memory mode, PC Card I/O mode,[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 32 and True I DE (the original mode to supp ort UDMA). The u sage of signals in each of the modes is shown in Tab le 24:Ultra DMA Signal Usage In Ea ch Interfa ce Mod e UDMA Signal Ty pe Pin # (Non UDMA MEM M[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 33 An Ultra DMA capabl e d evice s hall r etain t he p r eviou sly se lected Ultra DMA m ode after executing a software reset sequence or the sequence caused by receipt o f a DEVICE RESET com mand if a SET F [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 34 Notes: 1) All timin g measurement s witching points (low to high an d high to low) shall be ta ken at 1.5 V . 2) All signal trans iti o ns for a timing parameter shall be m e asured at t he con nector s pe[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 35 4) T he p arameter tLI shall be measure d at th e co nnector of the sende r o r rec ipient that is res ponding to an in coming transition f rom the recipient o r sende r respe ctively . Both th e incoming [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 36 Notes: 1) T he parameters tUI, tM LI : (Ultra DMA Data-In Burs t Devi c e Termination Timing and Ultra DMA Data-In Burst Host Termination Tim ing), an d tLI indicate s ender-to-recipient or recipient-to-se[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 37 Name Comment Mi n [V/ns] Max [V/ns] Notes S RISE Rising Edge Slew Rate f or any signal 1.25 1 S FALL Falling Edge Slew Rate f or any signal 1.25 1 Note: 1) T he sender shall be tested while driving an 18 i[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 38 Card Configurat i on The Com pactFlash Storage Cards is identified by appropriate inform ation in the Card Inf ormation Str ucture (C IS). The following co nfiguration registers a re used to coordinate the[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 39 Table: P C Card Memory Mode UDMA Func tion -CE2 -CE1 -DMA RQ -INPA CK -DMA CK -REG STOP -HIO W -DMA RDY -HIOE (R)-WA IT (W) STROBE -WA IT (R)-HIOE (W) DMA CMD A 10- A 00 Operation 1 1 1 X X X X No XX Stand[...]

  • Page 40

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 40  A ttribute Memory Function Attribute mem ory is a space where CompactFlas h Storage Card identification and conf iguration information are stored, and is lim ited to 8 bit wide access es only at even a[...]

  • Page 41

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 41  Configuration Option Regist er (Base + 00h in A ttribute M em ory)[...]

  • Page 42

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 42  Card Configuration and Stat us Register (Base + 02 h in A ttribute M em ory )[...]

  • Page 43

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 43  Pin Replacemen t Register (Base + 04h in A ttr ibute M em o ry )[...]

  • Page 44

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 44  Socket a nd Copy Register (Base + 06h in A ttri bute Memory )[...]

  • Page 45

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 4 5 I/O T ransfer F unction The I/O transfer to or from the CompactF lash Storage can be e ither 8 or 16 bits. W hen a 16 bit accessible port is addressed, the signal -IOIS16 is asserted b y t he Com pactFlas[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 46 T able: PC Card I/O Mode UDM A Function -CE2 -CE1 -DMA RQ -INPA CK DMA CK -REG STOP -HIOW -DMA RDY -HIOE (R)-WA IT (W) STROBE -WA IT (R)-HIOE (W) DMA CMD A 10- A 00 O peration 1 1 1 X X X X No XX Standby X[...]

  • Page 47

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 47 Comm o n Memory Trans f er Funct ion The Com mon Mem ory t ransfer to or fr om the Com pactFlash Storage can be either 8 or 16 bi t s. Function Code DMA -REG -CE2 -CE1 A 0 -OE -WE D15-D8 D7-D0 Standby Mode[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 48 T r ue IDE Mode I/O Tran sfer Function The Com pactFlash Storage Card c an be c onfigured in a True ID E Mode of operation. T he Com pactFlash Storage C ard is configured in this m ode only when the -OE in[...]

  • Page 49

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 49 Host Configuratio n Requirem ents for Master/Slav e or New T iming M odes The CF Advan c ed T iming modes include PCMCIA PC Card style I/O m odes that are faster than the original 250 ns cy c le tim e. Th [...]

  • Page 50

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 50 CF-A TA Driv e Register Set Definition and Protocol The Comp actFlash Storage Card can be configured as a high perform ance I/O device through: a) The standard PC-AT disk I/O address spac es 1F0h-1F7h, 3F6[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 51  I /O Prim ary an d Second ary Add ress Config urati ons Table: Prim ary an d Second ary I/O Decod i ng[...]

  • Page 52

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 52  C ontig uou s I/O Map ped Addressin g W hen the sy stem decodes a c ontiguous block of I/O registers to select the Com pactFlash Storage Card, the registers are accessed in the block of I/O space decod[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 53  Me mory M apped Add ressing W hen the Com pactFlash Storage Card registers are access ed vi a mem ory references, the registers appear in the comm on m emory space windo w: 0-2K bytes as follows:  T[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 54  C F-ATA Registers The following section describes the hardware registers used by the host s oftware to issue comm ands to the CompactFlas h device . These r egisters are often collectively referr ed to[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 55  Feature Register (A ddress - 1F1h [171h]; O ffset 1, 0Dh Wri te Only ) This register provides inf ormation regarding features of the Com pactFlash Storage Card t hat the host can utiliz e. This registe[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 56 Bit 2 (HS2): when operating in the Cy linder, Head, Sector mode, this is bit 2 of the head num ber. It is Bit 26 in the Logical Block Address m ode. Bit 1 (HS1): when operating in the Cy linder, Head, Sect[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 57  Device Control Register (A ddress - 3F6h[376h ]; Of fset Eh) This register is used t o control the Compac tFlash St orage Card int errupt request and to issue an ATA soft r eset to the card. This regis[...]

  • Page 58

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 58  Card (Dri ve ) Add ress Register (Ad dress 3F7h [377h]; Off set Fh) This regi s ter is provi d ed for compatibility with t he AT di sk drive interfac e. It is r ecomm ended t hat t his r egister not be[...]

  • Page 59

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 59 CF-A TA Comman d Set CF-ATA Comm and Set summ arizes the CF -ATA com mand s et with the paragraphs th at f ollow describing the individual comm ands and the task f ile for each. Command Code FR SC SN CY DH[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 60 28 Security Disable P ass word F6h – – – – Y – Not Support 29 Security Erase Prepare F3h – – – – Y – Not Support 30 Security Erase Unit F4h – – – – Y – Not Support 31 Security[...]

  • Page 61

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 61  Check P ow er Mod e - 98h o r E5h If the Co mpa ctFlash Storage Card is in, going to, or recovering from the s leep m ode, the CompactFlash Storage C ard sets BSY, sets the Sector Count Register to 00h[...]

  • Page 62

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 62  Erase Sec tor(s) - C 0h This comm and is us ed to pre-erase and condition data sectors in advance of a W rite without Erase or W rite Multiple witho u t Erase com mand. There is no data tr ansfer assoc[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 63  Ident ify Device – E ch Bit -> 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Command (7 ) ECh C/D/H (6) X X X Drive X Cy l High (5) X Cy l Lo w (4) X Sec Num (3) X Sec Cnt (2) X Feature (1) X The Identify Device comm and enabl[...]

  • Page 64

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 64 Word A ddress Default Value Total By tes Data Field Ty pe Informa tion 51 0200 h 2 PIO dat a transf er cycle timi n g mode 52 0000h 2 Obsolete 53 000Xh 2 Field Validity 54 XX XX h 2 Current numbers of cyl [...]

  • Page 65

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 65 162 0000h 2 Ke y management s chemes supp orted 163 0092h 2 CF Advanced True IDE Timing Mode Capab il ity and Setting 164 8D9Bh 2 CF Ad vanced PC Card I/O and M emory Timing Mode Cap abili t y 165-175 0000[...]

  • Page 66

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 66 same as the number of cylinders.  Word 3: D efault Number of Heads This field contains the number of translated heads in the default translation mod e.  Word 6: D efault Number of Sectors per Track T[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 67 current translation m ode.  Current Capacit y This field contains the product of the curr ent cy linders tim es heads times sec tors.  Multiple Sector Setting Bits 15-9 are reserved and shall be set [...]

  • Page 68

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 68 Multiwo r d DMA transfer cycle ti me. This field defines, in nanoseconds, the cycle t i me that, if used by th e host, may opt imize the data transfer from by reducing the probabili ty that the CompactFlas[...]

  • Page 69

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 69 and W rite DMA Queued comm ands. Bit 2 of word 83 shall be set to one; the C omp actFlash Storage Card supports the CFA feature set. If bit 3 of word 83 is set to one, the Com pactFlash Storage Card suppor[...]

  • Page 70

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 70 Bit 9: 1 = U ltra DMA mode 1 is selected, 0 = Ultra DMA mode 1 is not selected Bit 8: 1 = U ltra DMA mode 0 is selected, 0 = Ultra DMA mode 0 is not selected Bits 7: Reserved Bit 6: 1 = U ltra DMA mode 6 a[...]

  • Page 71

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 71 If set to 1, indicates that this word contai ns a valid pow er requirem ent description. If set to 0, indicates that this word does not contai n a power requirement description. Bit 14: RSV This bit is res[...]

  • Page 72

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 72 0 Specified in w ord 64 1 PIO Mode 5 2 PIO Mode 6 3-7 Reserved Bits 11-9: Advanced T rue IDE Multiw ord D MA Mode Selected Indicates the current Tru e I DE Multiword DMA Mode Selected on the card. Value Cu[...]

  • Page 73

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 73 mode supported by the card when bit 15 is set. Value Maximum PC Card I/O UDMA timi ng mode Suppo rted 0 PC Card I/O UDMA m ode 0 supported 1 PC Card I/O UDMA m ode 1 supported 2 PC Card I/O UDMA m ode 2 su[...]

  • Page 74

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 74  Idle - 97h or E3h This c omm and causes the Com pactFlash Storage Card to set BSY, enter t he Idle m ode, clear BSY and generate a n interrupt. If the sector c ount i s non-zero, it is interpreted as a[...]

  • Page 75

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 75 This c omm and alway s fails with the CompactFlash Storage Card returning com mand aborted. Bit -> 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Command (7 ) 00h C/D/H (6) X Drive X Cy l High (5) X Cy l Lo w (4) X Sec Num (3) X Sec [...]

  • Page 76

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 76  Read Multipl e - C4h  Read Sector(s) - 20h or 21h  Read Verify Sector(s) - 40h or 41h  Recalib rate - 1Xh[...]

  • Page 77

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 77  Requ est Sense - 03h The extended error c ode is returned to the host in the Error Register.  Seek - 7Xh  Set Features – EFh[...]

  • Page 78

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 78 Feature Suppo rted Features 01h and 81h are used to enable and clear 8 bi t data tr ansfer m odes in T rue IDE Mode. If the 01h f eature com mand is issued all data transfe rs shall occur on t he low order[...]

  • Page 79

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 79 Count register. T he upper 5 bits define the t y pe of tr ansfer and the low order 3 bits enc ode the m ode value. O ne PIO m ode s hall be select ed at all tim es. For Car ds which s upport DMA, one Multi[...]

  • Page 80

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 80  Standby Immediate - 94h or E0h  Tra n slate Sector - 87 h Translate Sector I nfo rmat ion[...]

  • Page 81

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 81  Wear Le vel - F5h  Write Buffe r - E8h  Write DMA – CAh[...]

  • Page 82

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 82  Write Long Sect o r - 32h or 33h  Write Multiple Comma n d - C5h  Write Multiple w ithout Erase – CDh[...]

  • Page 83

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 83  Write Sec tor(s) - 30 h or 31h  Write Sec tor(s) without Erase - 38h  Write Verify - 3Ch[...]

  • Page 84

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 84  Error Posting Command Error Register Status Register BBK UNC IDNF A BRT A MNF DRDY DWF DSC CORR ERR Check Powe r Mode V V V V V Execute Drive Diagnostic 1 V V V Erase Sec tor(s) V V V V V V V V Flush C[...]

  • Page 85

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 85 Command Error Register Status Regis ter BBK UNC IDNF A BRT A MNF DRDY DWF DSC CORR ERR Set Multiple Mode V V V V V Set Sleep Mod e V V V V V Stand By V V V V V Stand By Immediate V V V V V Translate Sect o[...]

  • Page 86

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 86  Smart Comm and S et  SMART Command Set SMART Feature Register Values D0h Read Data D5h Read Log D1h Read Attribute Threshold D6h W rite Log D2h Enable/Disable Autosave D8h Enable S MART O perations [...]

  • Page 87

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X Compa ctFlash Card Transcen d Info rmation Inc. V1.0 87 374 F Convey ance self -test routine recomm ended pollin g tim e (in minutes) 375-385 R Reserved 386-395 F Firmware Vers ion/Date Code 396-397 F Number of initial i nvali d block (396 = MSB, 397 = LSB) 398[...]

  • Page 88

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFl ash Card Transcend Info rmation Inc. V1.0 88 Ord eri ng In for mat ion Ord eri ng In for mat ion Ord eri ng In for mat ion Ord eri ng In for mat ion The above tec hnical inform ation is based on industry standard data and has been t ested to be r elia[...]